Overview

• Rooney’s contract pays $775,000 in the NHL and $325,000 in the AHL, according to PuckPedia.
• The 32-year-old joined Utah after attending New Jersey Devils camp on a professional tryout.
• Utah must either clear a spot to add him to the active roster or designate him non-roster and place him on waivers.
• The signing followed Utah losing center Curtis Douglas on waivers to the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier Monday.
• Rooney played a career-high 70 games for Calgary last season, posting 5 goals and 10 points with 47.2% on faceoffs and 109 hits in a bottom-six, penalty-killing role.